The Unlicensed Victuallers

"The Unlicensed Victuallers" is the second of three novellas written by Leslie Charteris and included in the seventeenth Saint book The Ace of Knaves published in 1937.

Plot
When Templar and his crew pursue a liquor-smuggling racket, their mission becomes complicated when they discover a beautiful blonde is somehow caught up in it and Templar becomes concerned that she is somehow connected to a murder.

Television adaptation
"The Unlicensed Victuallers" was adapted as an episode of The Saint TV series. Retitled "The Hi-Jackers" the episode first aired on December 17, 1964 as part of the third season.